Aesthetics start-up provides women permanent pathways to confidence
Jasmine Allmon was the winner of the 2024 Crown Pitch Competition and took home $7,500 to build out her aesthetics business.
Jasmine Allmon’s life is the perfect example of the power of entrepreneurship, and the impact it has on the community. We first became aware of her company, Allmon Artistry when it won the 2024 Crown Pitch competition, organized by The Women and Shora Foundation.
Tanika and Diedra Harper, sisters, and leaders of the previously mentioned organizations could not speak more highly of Allmon and all she has been able to accomplish in her aesthetics career and the community.
Allmon is a licensed medical aesthetician and aesthetics instructor for the state of Tennessee. For people unfamiliar with the industry, you should know that it is an extremely competitive field. Internships and apprenticeships in aesthetics are hard to come by, and supportive mentors for the field are few and far between.
However, Allmon is demonstrating to current students at the Tennessee School of Beauty that one solution is to be your own brand.
“I decided to quit my hourly position in 2019 when I realized there was limited upward mobility,” Allmon said. “That’s when I got my instructor’s license to begin teaching and stepped out on my own with Allmon Artistry almost two years ago.”
Through her independent practice, Allmon accepts clients at her office space at Performance Medicine in West Knoxville. She also has a uniquely rare skillset that sets her apart from other aestheticians.
Allmon offers medical-grade treatments such as permanent makeup, paramedical tattooing for scars and stretch marks, micro-scalp pigmentation for hair loss patients, 3D Areola tattooing for cancer survivors, as well as chemical peels, facials, body treatments, and waxing.
She’s quite literally been the difference-maker in the lives of her patients.
“It’s empowering to see a woman so damaged by her scars and what they represent. So, getting to change how women feel about themselves and their bodies is fulfilling to me,” she said.
Paramedical tattooing is the art of helping cover or restore the skin’s pigment to minimize the appearance of scars and stretch marks. In other words, Allmon helps women get their confidence back.
By winning the Crown Pitch competition, Allmon took home $7,500 to build out her business even further. She plans to use the money to create a website that will help attract more clients. But, the work she gets paid to do, and the classes she teaches are only a small part of Allmon’s overall community impact.
It’s in some of her volunteer roles where Allmon is creating real change in the community. She works closely with Girl Talk as a 1:1 mentor for other young women. Many of the girls in the program are middle-to-high-school ages and motivated to go to beauty school, community college, or a four-year degree. Allmon said the program has been a huge blessing.
“I have a wonderful mentee, and I’ve been able to show her that someone who looks like her can own their own business, be their boss, and be very successful,” Allmon said.
Additionally, Allmon is very involved with the Knoxville Area Urban League (KAUL) as a Chair for the Young Professionals program and is involved with The Women Foundation, Women in Entrepreneurship (WiE), the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (KEC), and more.
It is through her commitment to the community – both through work and personal time – that Allmon is a shining example of the true impact of an entrepreneur.
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